Hooded clothing arrangement and cap

Abstract

Headwear for partially covering a hat is described wherein the hat has a crown and a headband region. The headwear comprises a piece of material of an irregular shape which has an aperture located closer to a side portion of the headwear material than other sides of the material. The aperture size is adjustable so as to permit the headwear material to be fixable to the hat about the headband region of the hat and to leave the crown of the hat uncovered by the material. The specification also discloses a hood for clothing having an adjustable sized aperture so as to permit the hood material to be fixable to the hat about the headband region of the hat and to leave the crown of the hat uncovered by the material while the hood is still part of the clothing such as a sweat shirt.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A clothing garment for providing sun protection to a wearer of the garment in combination with a hat having a brim, the garment comprising:
 a front chest panel configured to cover an entire chest of the wearer; 
 a rear panel configured to cover an entire back of the wearer; 
 a left sleeve and a right sleeve, each of said sleeves being configured to cover an arm of the wearer; 
 a shoulder region with a neck opening, said shoulder region being integrally formed with said front chest panel, said rear panel, and each of said sleeves; 
 a hood integrally formed around the neck opening, said hood being movable between an undeployed position where said hood rests around the shoulder region when worn, and a deployed position where said hood is vertically extended above the shoulder region when worn, said hood having a first aperture with a complete perimeter configured to expose a face of a wearer while said hood is in the deployed position, said hood having a second aperture with a complete perimeter configured to expose a crown of the hat while said hood is in the deployed position, a majority of said hood being located below a headband region of the hat while said hood is in the deployed position, said first aperture and said second aperture being completely spaced apart from one another in the deployed position, said second aperture having a diameter in an expanded configuration that is greater than a diameter of the neck opening of the clothing garment, said hood including a channel extending completely around the second aperture, said hood including a brim covering region between the perimeter of said first aperture and the perimeter of said second aperture, the perimeter of said first aperture forming said brim covering region having a curve in a flat orientation that parallels a curve of the perimeter of said second aperture that forms said brim covering region while said second aperture is in the expanded configuration; and 
 an aperture size adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a size of said second aperture, said aperture size adjustment mechanism including a cord insertable through said channel, the cord being movable through said channel. 
 
     
     
       2. The garment of  claim 1 , wherein said aperture size adjustment mechanism includes a toggle. 
     
     
       3. The garment of  claim 1 , wherein the garment is a sweatshirt. 
     
     
       4. The garment of  claim 1 , wherein the garment is a shirt. 
     
     
       5. The garment of  claim 1 , wherein said first aperture is formed in a shape of a triangle. 
     
     
       6. The garment of  claim 5 , wherein a vertex of the triangle is formed by overlapping portions integrally formed with the neck opening. 
     
     
       7. The garment of  claim 1 , wherein the brim covering region has a minimum distance between the perimeter of said first aperture and the perimeter of said second aperture when in a flat orientation, the minimum distance of the brim covering region being configured to be greater than the brim of the hat so that a portion of the perimeter of said first aperture which forms part of the brim covering region depends downwardly from the brim when said hood is in the deployed position. 
     
     
       8. The garment of  claim 7 , wherein the downwardly depending portion of the perimeter of said first aperture has a curve that parallels a portion of the perimeter of said second aperture in the deployed position.